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I Natlonal News ortLY f, oa{tTon TUEtiDAY,.aaR{L 26.

'2022 w w,monitor.co,u8 ISO investigators will scrutinise Ubos bud- gets and expenditure, necruitment processes, staffwelfare and score- cand.
BY AMOS NGWOMOYA Muse\reni hal directed l'lthetntanalseorritvorgniration -residmt Fosol to inortisrtu iop 6ffici"lr I (UbcE) o\,tr aleged cornrytiorl "t the UBarda Bureau of statistics Ite alm asled for baclqmrd ch€ck olt statrin s€nior artinS positions to Ssctr- tain thefu ritability fu confrrution or aDlointm6lt ,r"2021 Ltlrq,a tolry of In a tlo\,rmb€t wbltb hily Monitor has seerurlt Mu- ashed Ole ISO director general, s€.\,€rii Col rrh'ies Olulato EatlEt intdi8ence m the alegEd ongoingcorupdon scaF &!
'..I amodcring Wu to gather intelli- tEDce rwort on UbG staE currntly oc- cupyingpocitions in actine capaciB to €nable me mskE deci-sioos on the mat- for confirmation of appointment," t€r thePEsidentwmte.

SstiorprEsid€ntiatf[EsssesuryLiI} da Nablsayi on S\trday said she *asn't priwb the tresidEtid dir€ctive to l5o it fu a s€cudty mratte.
EirE€ rsadion !/{as tiglEr€d Ms Nahrsayi refErred uE to Col Oluka How,tE,Col Olllla was norcornrn ral oo the ptogr€ss ofthe inquiries,neady six months sinft the dirEctive.

The Iso prDbe comes in the wake ofan oneDing ift€tigations by &e Inspector C,eneIaI of Cov€m.oent oGG), Ms Beti Karrrya wbjch was also ordertd by the ltes.ident in fttcb€r Lstyeax The H€sid$t!
by a wbistlebtoffi who petitioned him last year alleging that the top officials in the inditution were vrtimising sta-6 ad carrymgout nctitious tnns{ctions.
Th€ petitioner further alleged that Ubos'top officials paid huBe sums of money to stafftocarryolrt ffrtitio.B fleld the ctmtry wes under total \rDrk wh€n lockdcryn Details contained in the g+pagE doc- sier, a copy ofwhich this n$Bpaper hns seen, chronicle alleged ffctitious \rcd( during Co\rid-induced lockdon n, rost- iryatle€st Shs,i 'Ihe money, according to the whistle blotrer,would be withdrawn on rcqui- BY ANDHEW SAGALA XAI,IPALA.
Tte police have backed offplans to suEnror the Father of the late Jacob Oulafiya]l, Memben of Par- liarent and otler people, who alleg.

edh made statemenls that the former spealer oflhdiarneot was poisoned On April ll,police spolesman Fred Enanga said they \,,/ere to sumrnon any- oneinr:ludin8 MrNathanokori,thede ceased's hlller, wto made alega ons tlut oldan}"ahuras @isoned.

The police U-tum about t}le sum.

morx€3 comes dsys aft{r gor€rnnEnt o6cjal* indding the Intem:l A6tus minis€r,Maj cen Gtd) Xahind.
Otaf- il ire, and Teligious lead€rs, describ€d as inhumane furule detecti\Es to $.ll} mon Mr Otori because he was still mouninBthe death ofhis son.

Mr EEnga y€steday said the elctec- tives decidcd to startrrith Sathering other informatioo about the case and Museveni orders spresa to probe Ubos bOSSCS I I / ai \ Prcsident Mu6eveni sitioo by top sfrciels and wirEd to hnl affo-trds ofjurior drffwho lrDuld thm be ifftructed to withdnw and rEhrrn the cash to the ssrdels ftr stt dng.
RresidsrtuussrEritbrqBhhnPriDci- pal Private S€oetarg D( lcrmeth Omo- the na,diEcted [,ls ffamfa to investigat€ allegations According to highly-placed securiry souces,Lso investigafrrs will ssutinise Ubos budgetJ and expendiureEcuit- ment pmcess€s, staffu/elhle ard scorr.

cad andthercaaer rl]rik an intdli8Ence r€podtothefttsidtrrt- 'l1rc,y haw alsoints-acted with Ubos on fidals to rEcord their slaternents ltgald- ing allegations levelled against thfiL Why Far.lhl prob.
Asl€d wh, the Prcsident ordeEd for a parallel probe yet the tCG is doin8 the ssrne,our soutes said tlge was no harm as long as both in',$ti8ating bod- ies alE uDrtin8 frcr the sallle qruse.

"HetPruidenl Mus€venilis the fuur tain ofhonor and can ask any anti-cor- ruption body or securi0 agEncy to Bth.

er particular information about any government agency or ofticer aleged- ly invohed in unpmfessional acts,- the souEesaid.
The soulces also told Daily Monitor that the investi8ators &om ISO have rnade a breahhrwgh iltto the LflEstiga.

i , I I I Ms Eetj Kamya, tho lnspeqtor Gen- tlbos bcr ClricMukiza-Cosrt rs- eralofcovernmcfit vansod hlr lntardlction.

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- tbDn butdedirEd bthaft ptEfiruinary ffndin$.

Th€ Presiderlt,Bofces adrld'wdnls a thomugh deanup ofthe lafllics agen.

q b€forethehr*tt{atidbdq.ii&Bed Potrdation c€ns|!,wtridr willbeduein t$Joleastime The last censrs was corductedin2or4.
Ubod acting accounting offaa IAud- ha Alizik acloowledged tba on$Wir!

rcstiBtions, but declined to dehre irto details sayiB she cannot db&$s the or.

ganisations intmal matters with thid porties.


Butsome Ubos officials,who prdorcd anorymity so es to speak Reelg said the ongoryirrvestigatioru harrEcaus€d aru- ietY arnong slaff DIAECTIVE to Edrsr ,, '...lam od€rnrgfou intelli8anca rcportofl Lbo6 qtatr cun3rtlyocoupying posftifflg ir acting capEcity to anabls me mel€ d€ciEbn3 ori t lo mettarbr connFration of SpdntnEnt,.
Fl!.ldclt u..r,.d tuid,nrttEtqEtiond $eihgal ity dth€ trBpingEEuitm€nt by man- at3rE tyet ti9 (me of ttre stiq, iss-r€s b@itrve.d8rfied UbqdtIenaSlr"ltrt iss-ted a notice on Apnl 2l, hviring candidaEs for precti cil interviews for the positiom ofstat iftician and sEt'rstical assbfdnt rtspec- ti!,Ely The ofEcia.ls argue that the recruit m€nt b lr]ely lo be &alenged in courts of lar{ given the fact that it is bffA o& d&led by omcials who arp urder inv€i- tigtions IG's manaEcr of strategic partner.
ships and publiE relations Ali Munira shrugged off clains that the parallel their wo*- prcbebylSO wiU urd€rmine "As the lnspectorate of covemment, lve a.re quite ahead with the investiga- tions'lherE can be no comBuni*,'she wlote in a tst while rrspondingto snr inquiri6.
Ms Munira didn"t rEveal n/hen til€ lcl in!,/esti8rtions siould be concludcd- IGG rrrrrrnona rtatt Ddily Uonitothas hfither leamt that the tCC on ftiday suramoned more 23 Ubos omcia.b for interrogation orer al- leBed misappmpriation of frrnds dur- ing the Carid.irduetl loddoc,n, barc- ly ooe month afrer six other senior om- cials vrel€ $mrnoned- This brings the tota.l numb€r of om.
cials who harre been srmmonett try the tCC for intemSation to 52, indudint o&er olhcia]s who rere earlier sum- moned at the initial Etage of the iryesti" gatiorL Eady this montlLthe lc,c djffted the oloce ofthe Auditor Gfneal to caryort a foEnsic Budit on Ubodop€Tations The lc,c wants auditoB to speciocaly gerift nrtrether more thar shsl biltion earma*ed for the imdementation of the rhird phare ofthe En€rEy for Rural 'ItarBformatim Gff IID Errvey$as a] progiatcly used.
tt is alegEd that somE ofrcials at lie statidcsbodydircrted ffn&andeBed fldd trip6 fu the srNEy et/sr when t}te card€d on tuD €n same adiviti€s hadb€ years eadi& EET.b a Bo/emment of U8anda pm- gnmme bankolled by the ll,bdd Bank It sseh to addEss tlle key development dlaUEEe3 of lolr industrialisatio[u. emplqmsfi ard slov, mcioeconomic tl3nsfuanation associat€d with in de- i qudeinfurtnrhrRptrticuladyerErgs 'r-grEFE sns2n Fraud.
The amount ofmoney allegedly lost thmuEh fictitious work durin8 tha Covid-inducod lockdown at Ubos.

Documents seen hy Daily Monitor show that the Em ltr suney was cor} ductd in 2018 witl fl€ld data mllection of done between tuay and sept€mb€r thesameyE r.Aleport dti€ $rveywas pmduc€d in 2019.
Inwstigations show thrt though the suvey was conducted and compteted in20l8,Ub6 (ficids si8ned a call-offor- drrofshsgl million oo .lrme 26,tozo,fn rhe hircodfleld venickl B€sides, the money was signed when the (ountry vras still under th€ ftsllocft.

down l{hen maior activities were on halt.

This cnpsdihr€ has since raired etc.

brows within tie statistica body, with some stalT callirg fo.

a thomugh au.
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dit ftom Eorcrnmenfs anti{orruption agerxies Daily tunibr@rrl&tt €stabl.isb wtry the surve, rcport on fRT ll!

is no lonE- eron the L]bor urtoite yet it had eartier becn uplosdedThe sam€ rcpon is still an the }trmisEyof [n€rty $rEh6ite angwomoya@uS.nationmedia.com Police drop plans to summon 0ulanyah3 father thry would sutrnmon people probably later.

"The d€tediws took a decision to firsl focus on gatiering information beforc surnmoniDg aryone,'Mr Enan€asaid.
During Lhe burial of Oulanyah in Omoro District on April 8.

Mr Okori publidy r€Deatsd tte alegauon that he fir$ made olr March z0.thathis son had lold hi.m tiat he was poisoned.

The health of Oulanyah,56, det€no' nted mpid[ short!

aner hb May 2o2r election &3 th€ speter oftre 1 r th Par- liament and following bark+o'back bospitaliladon befom hc died in the Unitedstak$ lasl runth.
Trrc weelr ato, Ir{r Enanga narned Mr Okori, Mhist€r for ICT Chris Bary- omunsl Kiltl South leBislator cilbert olanya, National Unity Platform par- lvagulany\ alas Bobi ty lead€r Rob€rt --!rE lr - L- lrr ath.n O&orl rttlnds the bodd of H6 toat, J.c6b OJ,rr,ah, ln Ottrorc Okrnct o.r Aprfl a. fttoTo/ MAF(o TAIBdT ,!

t- E / intsded wtne,among the peopE th€y to interogale.

others werc Aruu llorth MP Santa Otot.formerTbudmmini{ErGodercy fiwanda Doholo Sq.rtb xP Feli!
okot Ogon8, and popular northem lJganda m$icirF EosInic (xitrr.

On April r4, $ihile meednB 0te De- ferce lDd:lnternel r{fairs CEnmittee in Padiadent, Mai Orantue said it was improper for the police to rummon people that would havE acted as wit- ness€s.

He said the police should have gone quietly to ltlr okorit home and t lkedrohim- Mr Baryom$si elso attacked policc hr threatenints to $rmmon him yet he lrad nevEr made arry daims that the de- ceasrd n as p,oironed.
Kampala Arf,hbishop laul slemo- gerere during his Easter Mass con- dernned Bagging of people who tau about the caus{: of Orlaryaht death adding that lhe gpvarnn,|€nt s&ouldorts ly investi$te the ale8atioo& qadier.

the Puranga ddefdom prime ministg aod a.lso its spotEsmin tlxrts that tlrsy cis Masm tald thi6 rEluspap€r wrnddn't dlolp Mrohi to tp to police h-dthef qdrldr€F€ssrt hir[ .

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